Becks And Bono To Climb Kili?

Just in case you missed all the furore - and I did, I was in Spain - Bono has apparently asked David Beckham to climb Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro, to raise money for children's charity Unicef.

The story surfaced in the super, soar away Sun on Monday where it was claimed that Becks is 'absolutely set' on making the climb after he was approached by the U2 frontman.

Apparently the millionaire footy superstar was a little dubious at first, but was talked round by Bono who will also be tackling the mountain, although no date has been set yet.

Kilimanjaro peeping through the clouds - Beckham's next, erm, goal?
Pic by SJ - OM album

Kilimanjaro should be well within Beckham's abilities, he's a professional athelete after all, and he won't be needing the slings, ropes and ice axe photoshopped onto him by The Sun either, as the mountain while high at just under 20,000 feet, is really just a high altitude walk.

In fact altitude is likely to be the biggest hurdle Becks faces and the one most likely to make him as sick as a parrot. Most itineraries on the mountain are truncated to reduce the cost of the daily peak permits and barely allow adequate acclimatisation time. As a result, altitude sickness is common on the mountain.

More details and a comedy picture at www.thesun.co.uk. We'll believe it when it happens...